Woman reports man stabbed her in woods

ELYRIA — A woman told police a man jumped in front of her and stabbed her in the leg as she walked in a wooded area Thursday.

Around 12:45 p.m., a 40-year-old Elyria woman told police she was walking down Middle Avenue on her way to court when, in an attempt to get out of the cold, she walked into a wooded area near Colonial Oaks and Wood Street.

She told police that a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt jumped out in front of her, told her to give him her purse and stabbed her in the leg before running away with the purse.